Much appreciated! All the conversation around these seems to either be unabashed praise or vilification of the company so it's nice to just hear someone talk about the dirt. 😊
This is what I've been doing. Food dehydrator + food processor = electric composter. I give the grounded scraps to my worms. You can also add it to the compost bin.
I have been skeptically watching the ads for these composters. You have provided helpful information. Thanks Ashley👍your fact finding on our behalf is appreciated.
Yay! Thank you for doing this video. I have one (as part of a local county initiative, so it was heavily subsidized, which is good because I never would have bought on on my budget). I love that it gets rid of my kitchen scraps (especially during gardening season when I have lots from the veggie garden and you know how that can stink up the compost bucket or garbage can, fast), and I like that it keeps food waste out of the local landfill (thus the local county initiative), but I wasn't sure what to do with the dehydrated results. No way would I put this in my houseplants, it's just dehydrated food, lol. If you want me to send you a "fresh" batch for testing let me know! I think what I'll do is widely broadcast the 'dried scraps' onto my flower bed and let spring and the worms do their work.
Glad to have a more grounded discussion of this product. I would definitely like one but perhaps when these devices get cheaper and more diverse in choice.
Ashley, just saw the testing by Epic Gardening (tested a a few mix of material and results) Also had the Lomi CEO to whom questions were asked and clarifications sought.
I appreciated your comments on the fact that the raw compost produced by the Lomi machine has not been allowed to mature naturally to remove chemicals that could be harmful to plants. I happen to live in the Mojave Desert in a house with a small backyard (not really suitable for bin composting). While previously living in a more humid environment, I purchased a vertical garden with a central column made specifically for depositing compost and earthworms. But in the Mojave, vermiculture in the vertical garden is just not an option. Compound all of this with a California state law which went into effect on January 1, 2022 that all food scraps must be separately disposed of. So -- my idea is that I could use the Lomi mode without their proprietary tablets to produce compost that I would then dump into the vertical garden outside and allow the natural outgassing and leaching process to rid the compost of harmful components. The thought is that I could use the product as mulch after a couple of months or so. How does this sound?
For anyone who has the room, go to the hardware store and buy a plastic trash can with a lid. Drill a few holes in the bottom. Fill it with compostable materials, and wait. Roll it around if you want to. No need to plug it in so no adding to the electric bill. No moving parts to break, Top cost is about $20.
@@GardeningInCanada Thanks, its what I did in my first year of gardening. I ended up with two of them, and I still use them in the winter. Since they are black plastic the sun warms them up. I built a 4 stall system out of pallets in my second year behind my garage.
I've been doing that for a about 6 months, and it works great. It never smelled that bad either. I did turn it a lot. It started a great base and now I just add stuff and mix in. The stuff I put in now takes very little time to break down. I got a secondary small bin to put in old compost that I want to use in a week or so, and continue to add to the large bin. For example I put some whole fish in the bin 4 days ago, and now there's just a few bones, and no fish smell.
I thought this might be a not-bad way of feeding a worm bin or bokashi bucket, but I'm not about to throw 400+ bucks at lomi to actually do that when EM or worms can break down food scraps on their own just fine.
These devices seem to be a good way to remove $$$ from plant enthusiasts, I use a couple of drilled garbage cans as mentioned elsewhere in the comments. I also have a few cheap compost tumblers which I move the precomposted stuff from the trash cans into for a few weeks. Finally I have the “fun” of sifting the finished compost. Works well makes great compost, provides exercise and teaches me what a good value purchased compost can be. I still compost though because it is a great way to get rid of kitchen waste and non-weedy garden waste.
It does what it says it does I just got mine is working perfectly but the number one thing it looks good on the counter it doesn’t take up too much space it’s handy and it’s tractive so if you have a nice kitchen you have to keep that in mind. It’s actually kinda cute. See my trash bill just went way up. I live in the city. I already use the smaller can. It’s always full and I never had enough room. Now I won’t ever need the the Larger Can. With the $50 raise in my garage bill, it less than a year and it will be paid for. Because I won’t need the $95. Dollar bin from the trash service.
Thank you very much for your thoughts concerning the Lomi. My husband asked me if I'm interested in one and I did some research. Now I have more info about this and I don't think it is meant for me. In a few month I'll have a balcony (it is covered and not very big), where I want to grow some vegetables, and herbs - nothing fancy. Now my idea was to buy a box of mushrooms with the dirt for growing them myself, put them in a corner of the balcony, cover them, wait for them to grow, harvest and eat them and then use the remaining soil as kind of a basis for composting my kitchen scapes. This way I'm hoping to have a little "circle" where I can use vegetable scrapes and not just throw them in a bin but use them. I'll mix the kitchen scrapes with some store bought garden mix when puting them in the mushroom box and wait for them to break down. Do you think this could work? I don't know much about plants, but so far wild strawberrys loved me and multiplied like crazy, spinache, and mangold grew like extreml well (although I didn't do anything apart from watering them), my tomatoes were not so happy, but they produced some fruits. My approach was: plant it and what grows will grow. Give them water and harvest - that's it. I've learned a few things in the meantime (also thanks to you), and the more I learn, the more there seems to be to learn. I would highly appreciate if you could give me your oppinion on my idea using used mushroom soil as a compost starter. Thank you!
Totally agree. Too expensive!! Love the planting pointers. I do love my lomi. I bought it instead of a garburator so it made it far more affordable. A good garburator is $300+. Also I never composted. Too lazy. So I went from throwing out all my food waste in the garbage to composting. I will use for my garden. In a couple months, family of 3, with very little food waste (don’t peel potatoes) I have 2-3 gallons of finished compost.
I agree.... I have outdoor composters and ended up buying a lomi also. I figured it would accelerate my composting for augmenting my soils and indoor plants (including herbs)
@@MeimeiLovesmusic it accelerates the breaking down of the food contents well enough to give you a good headstart in composting. It isn't finished compost. Of course, there isn't any worms either. I add it to my compost.
Very useful video. I am considering buying one because I had a snake problem with my compost bin outside! Your recommendation would be even more valuable if you purchased the machine and tried it out and then gave a second commentary on its effectiveness. 🌹
I am planning on buying one because I live in an apartment and pay for trash and recycling pick up for each apartment. The price for “Recycling” pick up is a quarter to one-third the price of what it costs for trash pick up per year and when we recycle we have to recycle the aluminum cans, plastic bottles, the laundry bottles, papers and newspapers separately. The cans and bottles have to be washed out fully when we recycle them also. So, if I can lessen the trash pick up the better.
@@GardeningInCanada we are not allowed to do anything but the electric composting. And, I just checked with the BF too. He has a house but again we are in the same situation because the HOA doesn’t allow any composting outside. They don’t want the neighborhood smelling. So, he decided this morning to buy two for himself and jointly we have 4 kiddos, 2 grand babies, 2 dogs with a 3rd on the way now possibly a 4th in time. Then I think we might be having another grand baby soon enough (blame Mother’s Intuition for that). So, the BF’s suggestion since we are building a new house (in the same neighborhood) is that we deal with a section in the garage just outside the the door that goes into the house (He will talk to the contractor today about doing this) and because everyone will be living in my “Big” house for awhile that 3 of these would be a good idea to have (one for each meal and maybe a 4th for snacks) so, that as soon as one is filled we can run that one and fill another up. This will also help when we do big parties and I am cooking for a large amount of people. I also have bought 4 Oxo Brand food composting buckets for in the house for the purpose of overflow or, for when we have parties and having to do big batches of veggies, and also for big batches of other food scraps when your cutting things off meat. Our plan in the long run if we can do it is to petition the HOA to allow us to compost outside in a container like you suggested but it has to be pre-approved in order to do it. Then, if they approve the Vermicomposting then I might go as far as getting 2 of them and filling them up a good bit of the way and then adding the worms. But, again every time we add something to outside we have to get it approved by the HOA. Eventually I think if we can hide them we might go as far as 3 or 4 of those boxes outside and hopefully do away with the trash cans we have (six 50 or 60 gallon ones at his house and I had to buy 2 at a minimum for my apartment/condo, we both have six 50 or 60 gallon Blue Recycling Cans also). The only good thing about this is that we paid for the Trash Can’s through the Trash and Recycling Companies and they will take them back and inspect them. If they are in good to great shape then we will get part of our money back. We have decided that we will keep all the Recycling Cans and Trash Can’s for things like parties.
Yes another video just made my day a whole lot better thank you so much Ashley for everything you do for us it really does mean a lot and help us out a lot
I have the Vitamix FoodCycler - just started using over this winter. I might have 2 - 5 gallon pails full when I'm ready to use it. My outside compost area is too far to get to especially with the snow we had this year. I can't get my mind around a worm bin just yet ;) So I will be using my composted stuff this summer when planting my good growth veggie transplants (bottom of the hole) or top dressing under the mulch. Fingers crossed I don't kill anything. But of course only veggies go into the FoodCycler.
Hey Ashley, great video once again! I only found your channel a couple of days ago and I am LOVING it. I was desperate for some more in-depth knowledge on all the stuff you talk about and you even cite your sources(!!!). I have yet to get in to bokashi but am interested in it. You mentioned and recommended it in this video, do you have a video on bokashi yet? I couldn't find one doing a quick search on your channel.
I wonder if adding microrhizomal fungi might help? (Have these for my roses). I also wonder in putting the Lomi compost in a bin in the garage might encourage it to compost further over time and might be fully composted in 3-6 months?
Great video! Although one thing, ph and ec are not related at all. Ppm and ec are directly related, but ph is completely different. Idk if It was said but thought I’d mention it :)
pH meters a lot of times use EC to calc for pH. That’s why they are often EC & pH meters. The only reason I know that is because I’m currently designing a pH meter for plant people and we had to review all our calcs and calibrations using ec (and a few other perimeters). That’s what I meant to say, sorry if I said something different.
I have a friend who said his company tested the Lomi byproduct and all it is is dried ground up food and that when they tested it by planting plants in it, the plants got infested. Probably because bugs and vermin like eating old food. Thoughts?
Personally, I don't see the need for things like this. I don't make enough waste for a composter to work in my garden so I do old school stuff. I freeze vegetable scraps, then bury the scraps right in my garden in the fall. Bury them about a foot down, cover with soil, mulch, then I put cardboard on top and weigh it down with bricks. Come spring, the worms have done the work...soil is beautiful. BTW, I live in a capital city and have done this and never have a problem with animals digging up the scraps.
Yea ive been drying what plant material I can and grinding it in a coffee grinder as well as stale catfood and dry bread and I've had no issues in my bin. I haven't had any odd odors when covered properly. So I may end up getting this to do the same with meat. I fish a lot and it would be nice to use the scraps in my compost without the worry of racoons going through it.
70°C is perfect. It will kill most harmful bacteria but not the beneficial bacteria at that temperature. As someone who owns a condo and has a fair amount of income, I am interested, but $400 is still very steep.
I bought my lomi so my advise to you is try it right away because you might not like so you can return it within 30 days, my error was not returning it within 30 days so I’m stock with it. Point one why didn’t like it aside from the price; it holds a very small amount of garbage and it takes 24 hrs to decompose the stuff when it’s all done you get a handful of soil compost. Next they want you to sign up for a program for which you pay for charcoal and some pills needed to decompose the stuff you put in so aside from the electricity expense you have the maintenance expense. Don’t be fooled like me thinking that’s I’ll be helping the environment and dump waste, not all the items they say are degradable really are. Once again be aware and if you still want buy one I’ll sell you mine for $300
This is great for city folks who know absolutely nothing about horticulture and they would believe the load of BS of these products and will fall that involves saving the environment.
Don't place the tabletop compost product on your soil surface of your houseplants. It will end up becoming mouldy and a stinky slimy mess. Also you want to be cautious digging it into your outside soil, since squirrels and raccoons will smell and dig it up.
Another negative I can say about it, you have to prepay it before they place your order and after you pay it takes more than 30 days to receive it in my case it took 2 months. I do no recommend it at all.
Since I have two worm bins in my living room, I am not the target market for a dehydrator/processor. Though I guess I could just dehydrated my food scraps and then run them through the food processor 😂
In which context can you call this composting? It's a food waste dehydrator and grinder. Basically a slightly modified bread maker with a subscription for ridiculously expensive activated carbon filters. This has nothing to do with composting, especially with the definition of the scientific term of composting. I'm sure we should start calling garbage disposal units express composters. Big bonus is that they take up zero counter space and offer a perfectly moist slurry for your real compost.
Thunderf00t just did a video about these. He said they are over priced bread machines. Should look it up and maybe get a cheap bread maker to try this stuff out on.
@@GardeningInCanada That's true lol. But the good news is that last time I talked to Microbiometer, I believe they said they are working on a unit that can decipher between anaerobic and aerobic organisms. That was like a year ago.
@@GardeningInCanada Not a fan of products like these it takes the would be new composter and makes them think its a sham when there is much more efficient and cheaper ways that honestly are 100% more effective then this. The Electricity alone more then cancels out any ecological gain.
I love how this points out the "Starter Compost" it produces is just dehydrated old food and materials. You put all this power into dehydrating and chopping this stuff up and for what? Mix it in with soils, add water and it decomposes then producing methane and CO2 and smells?? How is THAT useful? And the power use is a joke! If you want to compost using something low power that does it naturally, do so and you get far better results. This is a joke product for people who want something in their home so they can claim they are doing something, even while they are actually hurting the planet more than helping it due to the power usage.
where do you think food comes from? it grows in soil which is located in the ground lololol so in your mind putting food back into the place it came from is causing a problem? could it be that plastic and other toxic junk is causing a problem with the environment? let’s do something mathematical, you have four pound of waste. two pounds food, two pines plastic and other toxic garbage…..when that four pound reaches the land fill, which two pounds is causing the problem for the environment ? now you have four lines of toxic waste, going into the same land fill, it’s all toxic so what’s the solution, what do we do? hey i know how about reducing the toxic waste. sound like a plan? the two pounds of food, and two pines of toxins makes sense now, right. God forbid you throw food in with that clean garbage. That rotted food will destroy our planet. how stupid, and you fell for that
I am very glad to have found your channel. I was thinking of purchasing the Lomi! Thank you for putting so much work into this and sharing it with all of us. I also have a question for you regarding the earth that we provide our peace lilies with? I have killed four peace lilies….I don’t know what type of earth is best for them. I recently transplanted a peace lily that was dying into earth that I bought from miracle grow for succulents. I think I may have saved its life but if you could help me at all I would really really appreciate it. Should I spray with distilled H20? I do water it with distilled as well.I know that they don’t like to be overwatered and I know that they like an eastern Exposure..Nonetheless, I do live in Canada where our winters are very cold and dry and perhaps that’s when I find my peace lily not doing so well. I currently have it in my bathroom and I have the tub filled with water so that it has a humid environment. Thank you so much and take care, Susan from Canada
@@GardeningInCanada Thank you so very much for answering my question. I’ve never heard of the sunshine mix? Is that something that you sell or I can purchase in a store? Do you think that the miracle grow earth for succulents may not be rich enough for the peace lily? Thank you once again and I’m obviously going to be a new subscriber. Have a wonderful evening, Susan from Canada
Yes you should be able to get it almost anywhere. It is a Canadian brand and you to be looking for sunshine mix number four. I recently just bought an entire bail of it from Canadian tire
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Much appreciated! All the conversation around these seems to either be unabashed praise or vilification of the company so it's nice to just hear someone talk about the dirt. 😊
Well said!
Which is ironic since there is actually nothing even remotely resembling dirt in this product…it’s an expensive chopper dryer
This is what I've been doing. Food dehydrator + food processor = electric composter. I give the grounded scraps to my worms. You can also add it to the compost bin.
Oh gosh yes! thats the perfect solution because you have more control of the moisture.
I was just wondering if this combo would produce the same results… I’m happy to see your comment.
What a waste of electricity and extra CO2 generation! Just dig it into the garden or compost it the normal way. Dehydration is a waste of energy.
I have been skeptically watching the ads for these composters. You have provided helpful information. Thanks Ashley👍your fact finding on our behalf is appreciated.
Ya absolutely anytime! I do if for you guys
Yay! Thank you for doing this video. I have one (as part of a local county initiative, so it was heavily subsidized, which is good because I never would have bought on on my budget). I love that it gets rid of my kitchen scraps (especially during gardening season when I have lots from the veggie garden and you know how that can stink up the compost bucket or garbage can, fast), and I like that it keeps food waste out of the local landfill (thus the local county initiative), but I wasn't sure what to do with the dehydrated results. No way would I put this in my houseplants, it's just dehydrated food, lol. If you want me to send you a "fresh" batch for testing let me know! I think what I'll do is widely broadcast the 'dried scraps' onto my flower bed and let spring and the worms do their work.
You have one! Is it the Lomi? I’d be interested in the grow mode byproduct
Glad to have a more grounded discussion of this product. I would definitely like one but perhaps when these devices get cheaper and more diverse in choice.
i agree!
Ashley, just saw the testing by Epic Gardening (tested a a few mix of material and results) Also had the Lomi CEO to whom questions were asked and clarifications sought.
I appreciated your comments on the fact that the raw compost produced by the Lomi machine has not been allowed to mature naturally to remove chemicals that could be harmful to plants. I happen to live in the Mojave Desert in a house with a small backyard (not really suitable for bin composting). While previously living in a more humid environment, I purchased a vertical garden with a central column made specifically for depositing compost and earthworms. But in the Mojave, vermiculture in the vertical garden is just not an option. Compound all of this with a California state law which went into effect on January 1, 2022 that all food scraps must be separately disposed of. So -- my idea is that I could use the Lomi mode without their proprietary tablets to produce compost that I would then dump into the vertical garden outside and allow the natural outgassing and leaching process to rid the compost of harmful components. The thought is that I could use the product as mulch after a couple of months or so. How does this sound?
Oh gosh yes! Do it! That’s literally the perfect application for a Lomi setup
For anyone who has the room, go to the hardware store and buy a plastic trash can with a lid. Drill a few holes in the bottom. Fill it with compostable materials, and wait. Roll it around if you want to. No need to plug it in so no adding to the electric bill. No moving parts to break, Top cost is about $20.
That’s a really awesome suggestion!
@@GardeningInCanada Thanks, its what I did in my first year of gardening. I ended up with two of them, and I still use them in the winter. Since they are black plastic the sun warms them up. I built a 4 stall system out of pallets in my second year behind my garage.
@Kassandra. They sell small trash cans that will fit in a balcony.
Does it smell? And attract animals and pests? I have upstairs neighbors and lots of city critters
I've been doing that for a about 6 months, and it works great. It never smelled that bad either. I did turn it a lot. It started a great base and now I just add stuff and mix in. The stuff I put in now takes very little time to break down. I got a secondary small bin to put in old compost that I want to use in a week or so, and continue to add to the large bin. For example I put some whole fish in the bin 4 days ago, and now there's just a few bones, and no fish smell.
I thought this might be a not-bad way of feeding a worm bin or bokashi bucket, but I'm not about to throw 400+ bucks at lomi to actually do that when EM or worms can break down food scraps on their own just fine.
That’s kind of where my heart is at too personally
These devices seem to be a good way to remove $$$ from plant enthusiasts, I use a couple of drilled garbage cans as mentioned elsewhere in the comments. I also have a few cheap compost tumblers which I move the precomposted stuff from the trash cans into for a few weeks. Finally I have the “fun” of sifting the finished compost. Works well makes great compost, provides exercise and teaches me what a good value purchased compost can be. I still compost though because it is a great way to get rid of kitchen waste and non-weedy garden waste.
Yes! I love that idea
It does what it says it does I just got mine is working perfectly but the number one thing it looks good on the counter it doesn’t take up too much space it’s handy and it’s tractive so if you have a nice kitchen you have to keep that in mind. It’s actually kinda cute. See my trash bill just went way up. I live in the city. I already use the smaller can. It’s always full and I never had enough room.
Now I won’t ever need the the Larger Can. With the $50 raise in my garage bill, it less than a year and it will be paid for. Because I won’t need the $95. Dollar bin from the trash service.
yea that makes absolute sense for you to own that then.
I have ADHD and other brain issues and could never stomach composting. The Lomi changed that!
What about the increase in your electric bill? Did you take that into consideration?
Thank you very much for your thoughts concerning the Lomi. My husband asked me if I'm interested in one and I did some research. Now I have more info about this and I don't think it is meant for me.
In a few month I'll have a balcony (it is covered and not very big), where I want to grow some vegetables, and herbs - nothing fancy. Now my idea was to buy a box of mushrooms with the dirt for growing them myself, put them in a corner of the balcony, cover them, wait for them to grow, harvest and eat them and then use the remaining soil as kind of a basis for composting my kitchen scapes. This way I'm hoping to have a little "circle" where I can use vegetable scrapes and not just throw them in a bin but use them. I'll mix the kitchen scrapes with some store bought garden mix when puting them in the mushroom box and wait for them to break down. Do you think this could work?
I don't know much about plants, but so far wild strawberrys loved me and multiplied like crazy, spinache, and mangold grew like extreml well (although I didn't do anything apart from watering them), my tomatoes were not so happy, but they produced some fruits. My approach was: plant it and what grows will grow. Give them water and harvest - that's it. I've learned a few things in the meantime (also thanks to you), and the more I learn, the more there seems to be to learn.
I would highly appreciate if you could give me your oppinion on my idea using used mushroom soil as a compost starter. Thank you!
I think its an awesome idea!
@@GardeningInCanada Thank you for your answer! I'll try it on my balcony.
I believe the lomi pods are mainly activated charcoal to prevent the dehydrated food byproduct from smelling up their customers homes.
interesting!
Totally agree. Too expensive!! Love the planting pointers. I do love my lomi. I bought it instead of a garburator so it made it far more affordable. A good garburator is $300+. Also I never composted. Too lazy. So I went from throwing out all my food waste in the garbage to composting. I will use for my garden. In a couple months, family of 3, with very little food waste (don’t peel potatoes) I have 2-3 gallons of finished compost.
Right on!
I agree.... I have outdoor composters and ended up buying a lomi also. I figured it would accelerate my composting for augmenting my soils and indoor plants (including herbs)
Yea and i definitely think that’s what it is designed for
And does it work well to create the soil?
@@MeimeiLovesmusic it accelerates the breaking down of the food contents well enough to give you a good headstart in composting. It isn't finished compost. Of course, there isn't any worms either. I add it to my compost.
Thank you for covering this! I live in a condo and I’ve been thinking about it, but really not sure what I’d be getting into.
Very useful video. I am considering buying one because I had a snake problem with my compost bin outside! Your recommendation would be even more valuable if you purchased the machine and tried it out and then gave a second commentary on its effectiveness. 🌹
it's definitely out of the RUclips budget haha
I am planning on buying one because I live in an apartment and pay for trash and recycling pick up for each apartment. The price for “Recycling” pick up is a quarter to one-third the price of what it costs for trash pick up per year and when we recycle we have to recycle the aluminum cans, plastic bottles, the laundry bottles, papers and newspapers separately. The cans and bottles have to be washed out fully when we recycle them also. So, if I can lessen the trash pick up the better.
I would think this a great solution for you! maybe even a vermicomposting and the electric composter in combination.
@@GardeningInCanada we are not allowed to do anything but the electric composting. And, I just checked with the BF too. He has a house but again we are in the same situation because the HOA doesn’t allow any composting outside. They don’t want the neighborhood smelling. So, he decided this morning to buy two for himself and jointly we have 4 kiddos, 2 grand babies, 2 dogs with a 3rd on the way now possibly a 4th in time. Then I think we might be having another grand baby soon enough (blame Mother’s Intuition for that). So, the BF’s suggestion since we are building a new house (in the same neighborhood) is that we deal with a section in the garage just outside the the door that goes into the house (He will talk to the contractor today about doing this) and because everyone will be living in my “Big” house for awhile that 3 of these would be a good idea to have (one for each meal and maybe a 4th for snacks) so, that as soon as one is filled we can run that one and fill another up. This will also help when we do big parties and I am cooking for a large amount of people. I also have bought 4 Oxo Brand food composting buckets for in the house for the purpose of overflow or, for when we have parties and having to do big batches of veggies, and also for big batches of other food scraps when your cutting things off meat. Our plan in the long run if we can do it is to petition the HOA to allow us to compost outside in a container like you suggested but it has to be pre-approved in order to do it. Then, if they approve the Vermicomposting then I might go as far as getting 2 of them and filling them up a good bit of the way and then adding the worms. But, again every time we add something to outside we have to get it approved by the HOA. Eventually I think if we can hide them we might go as far as 3 or 4 of those boxes outside and hopefully do away with the trash cans we have (six 50 or 60 gallon ones at his house and I had to buy 2 at a minimum for my apartment/condo, we both have six 50 or 60 gallon Blue Recycling Cans also). The only good thing about this is that we paid for the Trash Can’s through the Trash and Recycling Companies and they will take them back and inspect them. If they are in good to great shape then we will get part of our money back. We have decided that we will keep all the Recycling Cans and Trash Can’s for things like parties.
Thank you so much for doing this video. This is very helpful to the community project we're starting in Tunisia
Glad it was helpful!
Yes another video just made my day a whole lot better thank you so much Ashley for everything you do for us it really does mean a lot and help us out a lot
Haha that’s awesome!
I have the Vitamix FoodCycler - just started using over this winter. I might have 2 - 5 gallon pails full when I'm ready to use it. My outside compost area is too far to get to especially with the snow we had this year. I can't get my mind around a worm bin just yet ;) So I will be using my composted stuff this summer when planting my good growth veggie transplants (bottom of the hole) or top dressing under the mulch. Fingers crossed I don't kill anything. But of course only veggies go into the FoodCycler.
sounds like the perfect fit for your situation
Hey Ashley, great video once again! I only found your channel a couple of days ago and I am LOVING it. I was desperate for some more in-depth knowledge on all the stuff you talk about and you even cite your sources(!!!).
I have yet to get in to bokashi but am interested in it. You mentioned and recommended it in this video, do you have a video on bokashi yet? I couldn't find one doing a quick search on your channel.
Hello! And welcome to the channel. Let me know if you need anything in particular
Thanks so much , I have it and love it, but I do want to make sure I am making the right balance
You can do it!
I wonder if adding microrhizomal fungi might help? (Have these for my roses).
I also wonder in putting the Lomi compost in a bin in the garage might encourage it to compost further over time and might be fully composted in 3-6 months?
Yup that will definitely help. Just need to add greens and some moisture
Really helpful video. I was really hyped about them but this help shift that a little. Thank you for your expertise.
anytime!
Great video! Although one thing, ph and ec are not related at all. Ppm and ec are directly related, but ph is completely different. Idk if It was said but thought I’d mention it :)
pH meters a lot of times use EC to calc for pH. That’s why they are often EC & pH meters. The only reason I know that is because I’m currently designing a pH meter for plant people and we had to review all our calcs and calibrations using ec (and a few other perimeters). That’s what I meant to say, sorry if I said something different.
Can you cover if dehumidifier water is safe for plants? What about carnivorous plants? Nice videos btw!!
I don’t see why not.
@@GardeningInCanada Thanks. I see that some people say the metal ions will get into the water and kill plants.
This definitely confirmed my suspicions about them being worth it…basically, no.
Haha yea… I’m kind of in the same boat as you
What would you add to the mix instead of the Lomi pod?
So it makes good worm food for medium sized gardens 🤔 or to share
I have a friend who said his company tested the Lomi byproduct and all it is is dried ground up food and that when they tested it by planting plants in it, the plants got infested. Probably because bugs and vermin like eating old food. Thoughts?
thats really interesting. What was the predominate pest? I would assume it attracts a lot of mites that help with decomposition.
Off topic but does using B.t in my water for my seedlings as to deter fungus knats damage my soil life?
No not at all. It’s just about balance so don’t over do it and keep things level. Follow the instructions and you’ll be fine
I love your channel and content, but I especially love seeing your bird!
Miss Ella thanks you
Should be a subscription rental service instead of one off puchasing
that is a good idea
wow! So glad I found some intelligence on RUclips - how Refreshing!
❤️ that’s very kind of you!
Personally, I don't see the need for things like this. I don't make enough waste for a composter to work in my garden so I do old school stuff. I freeze vegetable scraps, then bury the scraps right in my garden in the fall. Bury them about a foot down, cover with soil, mulch, then I put cardboard on top and weigh it down with bricks. Come spring, the worms have done the work...soil is beautiful. BTW, I live in a capital city and have done this and never have a problem with animals digging up the scraps.
What about using this for stuff like proteins to put into worm bins?
I was thinking that too. And I don’t see any issue with that
This is exactly what I'm thinking! My worms can't keep up with my food scraps and my freezer is getting full. This may be a solution.
Yea ive been drying what plant material I can and grinding it in a coffee grinder as well as stale catfood and dry bread and I've had no issues in my bin. I haven't had any odd odors when covered properly. So I may end up getting this to do the same with meat. I fish a lot and it would be nice to use the scraps in my compost without the worry of racoons going through it.
Just checked into it. $744.71 Canadian dollars...nope!
Thanks for this! It's really helpful. I think I'll just use my own blender and feed some worms.
Haha yes sounds like a good plan
I like it for the things I don’t feed my worms or want in my compost tumblers. Raw meat cooked foods table scraps
great info video.
Glad you enjoyed!
I wonder if the worms would love or hate it
One more thing the warranty is for one year only, I’ve owned for less than a year and the fan broke down already 😮
70°C is perfect. It will kill most harmful bacteria but not the beneficial bacteria at that temperature. As someone who owns a condo and has a fair amount of income, I am interested, but $400 is still very steep.
Yea I totally agree
I bought my lomi so my advise to you is try it right away because you might not like so you can return it within 30 days, my error was not returning it within 30 days so I’m stock with it. Point one why didn’t like it aside from the price; it holds a very small amount of garbage and it takes 24 hrs to decompose the stuff when it’s all done you get a handful of soil compost. Next they want you to sign up for a program for which you pay for charcoal and some pills needed to decompose the stuff you put in so aside from the electricity expense you have the maintenance expense. Don’t be fooled like me thinking that’s I’ll be helping the environment and dump waste, not all the items they say are degradable really are. Once again be aware and if you still want buy one I’ll sell you mine for $300
Rebecca!
Mortar and Pestle! Straight-up alchemist(novice).
haha
A good review, adding the scientific insights and data from the company’s engineering data set your review above others.
Thanks,
Jim
This is great for city folks who know absolutely nothing about horticulture and they would believe the load of BS of these products and will fall that involves saving the environment.
if you compost it after its useful but straight up no. i agree with that
That's exactly the type of people you see in the comments supporting this 500w bread oven.
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If you follow all the Lomi product reviews, You can easily see who does pay for play reviews.
Don't place the tabletop compost product on your soil surface of your houseplants. It will end up becoming mouldy and a stinky slimy mess. Also you want to be cautious digging it into your outside soil, since squirrels and raccoons will smell and dig it up.
Why is it called composter? The only thing it does is shredding what you put into it and dehydrate it, far away any process I would call composting.
Because thats trendy haha
Another negative I can say about it, you have to prepay it before they place your order and after you pay it takes more than 30 days to receive it in my case it took 2 months. I do no recommend it at all.
Since I have two worm bins in my living room, I am not the target market for a dehydrator/processor. Though I guess I could just dehydrated my food scraps and then run them through the food processor 😂
Haha love that! How many worms would you say you have lbs wise
I added two lbs a year ago and two more in feb 🤔 I’d guess 6-8 🤷🏻♀️
In which context can you call this composting? It's a food waste dehydrator and grinder. Basically a slightly modified bread maker with a subscription for ridiculously expensive activated carbon filters. This has nothing to do with composting, especially with the definition of the scientific term of composting. I'm sure we should start calling garbage disposal units express composters. Big bonus is that they take up zero counter space and offer a perfectly moist slurry for your real compost.
Lomi Electric Dehydrator* lol
Dehydrator + blender. 😆
LMFAO yea…. Awkward
AHAHAH Very accurate
Thunderf00t just did a video about these. He said they are over priced bread machines. Should look it up and maybe get a cheap bread maker to try this stuff out on.
So that kit doesn't tell you if they are anaerobic or aerobic microbes. Just mass.
That the biometer kit you’re referencing? I mean… doing a quick agar plate/CFU count should be within the Lomi budget 🙄 IMO
@@GardeningInCanada That's true lol. But the good news is that last time I talked to Microbiometer, I believe they said they are working on a unit that can decipher between anaerobic and aerobic organisms. That was like a year ago.
Oh. That’s really interesting!
Theres a youtuber nambed Thunderfoot has proven this is nothing more than a bread maker with lower temperature controls.
oh know that is wild! But honestly I believe it.
@@GardeningInCanada Not a fan of products like these it takes the would be new composter and makes them think its a sham when there is much more efficient and cheaper ways that honestly are 100% more effective then this. The Electricity alone more then cancels out any ecological gain.
I love how this points out the "Starter Compost" it produces is just dehydrated old food and materials. You put all this power into dehydrating and chopping this stuff up and for what? Mix it in with soils, add water and it decomposes then producing methane and CO2 and smells?? How is THAT useful? And the power use is a joke! If you want to compost using something low power that does it naturally, do so and you get far better results. This is a joke product for people who want something in their home so they can claim they are doing something, even while they are actually hurting the planet more than helping it due to the power usage.
Feed to your worms 🪱
@@GardeningInCanada So you watch them run around with little signs saying "Food is dry need water!" lol
How much power does it use to produce compost?
where do you think food comes from?
it grows in soil which is located in the ground lololol
so in your mind putting food back into the place it came from is causing a problem?
could it be that plastic and other toxic junk is causing a problem with the environment?
let’s do something mathematical,
you have four pound of waste.
two pounds food, two pines plastic and other toxic garbage…..when that four pound reaches the land fill, which two pounds is causing the problem for the environment ?
now you have four lines of toxic waste, going into the same land fill, it’s all toxic so what’s the solution, what do we do?
hey i know how about reducing the toxic waste. sound like a plan?
the two pounds of food, and two pines of toxins makes sense now, right.
God forbid you throw food in with that clean garbage. That rotted food will destroy our planet.
how stupid, and you fell for that
I am totally confused,and when that happens,I will just throw waste in green bin, $600.00 canadian lomi, No thanks
Oh that's NOT a leaf!! Its a bird!! lol
I know something that can decompose the food in 24h: a dog! 😀
U did tatoo on your hand..
It's just a modified bread maker and they will scam you on the unwanted subscription and it usually fails after 3 months
parrot :)
haha yes
Scam scam scam
puff piece about something which is incredibly bad for the environment. Congrats
I am very glad to have found your channel. I was thinking of purchasing the Lomi! Thank you for putting so much work into this and sharing it with all of us. I also have a question for you regarding the earth that we provide our peace lilies with? I have killed four peace lilies….I don’t know what type of earth is best for them. I recently transplanted a peace lily that was dying into earth that I bought from miracle grow for succulents. I think I may have saved its life but if you could help me at all I would really really appreciate it. Should I spray with distilled H20? I do water it with distilled as well.I know that they don’t like to be overwatered and I know that they like an eastern Exposure..Nonetheless, I do live in Canada where our winters are very cold and dry and perhaps that’s when I find my peace lily not doing so well. I currently have it in my bathroom and I have the tub filled with water so that it has a humid environment. Thank you so much and take care, Susan from Canada
I like sunshine mix #4 personally
@@GardeningInCanada Thank you so very much for answering my question. I’ve never heard of the sunshine mix? Is that something that you sell or I can purchase in a store? Do you think that the miracle grow earth for succulents may not be rich enough for the peace lily? Thank you once again and I’m obviously going to be a new subscriber. Have a wonderful evening, Susan from Canada
Yes you should be able to get it almost anywhere. It is a Canadian brand and you to be looking for sunshine mix number four. I recently just bought an entire bail of it from Canadian tire